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Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles was indicted on charges of capital murder by a grand jury in Tuscaloosa County on Friday.
Miles and his friend Michael Lynn Davis have been accused of the murder of Jamea Jonae Harris on January 15 of this year. Neither party was granted bond and they remain booked in Tuscaloosa County jail.
The two are expected to have separate trials with both cases having been distributed to a grand jury after a February 21 preliminary hearing.
Davis is accused of shooting Harris while she was in a vehicle, which constitutes capital murder in Alabama. Miles admitted to giving Davis the gun and is also facing a capital murder charge for 'aiding and abetting' Davis in the shooting.
'We are not surprised with the indictment. We were expecting it all along,' Davis' attorney John Robbins told ESPN's Elizabeth Merrill.
Former Alabama basketball star Darius Miles has been indicted by a grand jury on Friday
'We're happy that the state moved quickly on this matter so we can get into court and get this case tried as quickly as we can before a jury.
'We are going to vigorously defend this case and defend my client's right to protect himself when someone points a gun at him and shoots
